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Word Order Practice
Listen to each sentence and arrange the words in the correct order. Click on words to move them to your answer area.
Green checkmark (✓) means your current word order is correct so far. Red X (✗) means there's an error in the order.
Why Word Order Matters in English
Word order is crucial in English because it affects meaning. Unlike some languages that use case endings or particles to show word relationships, English relies heavily on word order to convey meaning.
This exercise helps you:
- Internalize English sentence patterns
- Recognize how grammar patterns fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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0
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year
Springs
every
New
The
went
children
grew
School
who
to
Elementary
The
children
who
went
to
New
Springs
Elementary
School
grew
every
year
2
0
/8
elementary
any
school
children
Of
grow
course
in
Of
course
children
in
any
elementary
school
grow
3
0
/7
different
a
were
children
these
little
But
But
these
children
were
a
little
different
4
0
/11
their
were
countryside
They
from
up
parents
in
growing
the
away
They
were
growing
up
in
the
countryside
away
from
their
parents
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0
/13
felt
lived
from
faster
children
Their
home
away
they
when
parents
grew
the
Their
parents
felt
the
children
grew
faster
when
they
lived
away
from
home
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0
/7
resourceful
more
grew
children
and
independent
The
The
children
grew
more
independent
and
resourceful
7
0
/9
to
their
them
parents
this
sent
That's
why
school
That's
why
their
parents
sent
them
to
this
school
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0
/23
few
so
campus
Also
were
games
making
studying
no
on
grew
children
accustomed
the
own
luxuries
and
TV's
there
to
the
their
and
Also
there
were
few
luxuries
on
the
campus
and
no
TV's
so
the
children
grew
accustomed
to
studying
and
making
their
own
games
9
0
/15
growing
studied
differences
One
in
children
the
researcher
compared
to
patterns
city
the
in
their
One
researcher
studied
the
differences
in
their
growing
patterns
compared
to
children
in
the
city
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0
/10
children
to
out
It
how
find
was
grew
the
interesting
It
was
interesting
to
find
out
how
the
children
grew
Tips for Effective Practice
- Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
- Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
- Notice how grammar patterns are positioned in sentences
- If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
- After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence